Meet Winter Love

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Winter Love. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Winter below.

Winter, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.

I once held a limited view of my reason for being and what I was called to this earth to do, which kept me from seeing, feeling and sensing my purpose. And since there’s no instruction manual or purpose coordinates, I looked for it everywhere except within.

This began the amazing journey of self discovery where I gathered inspiration to release the people, places and things no longer serving me and to live a life I absolutely love. As a result, I learned to trust myself, which only shined more light on the path, allowing me to come face to face with my purpose, embrace it and recognize that it’s always lived on the inside of me. And because it’s on the inside of me, I own the creative freedom of how I choose to express it.

The new found freedom of purposeful self expression expanded my capacity to dive deeper into my reason for being and further unlocked the mystery of what I somehow always knew I was created to do. And whether I recognized it as purpose or not, every step I was taking aligned me with exactly where I was supposed to be and provided me with everything I didn’t know I needed. Like every new thing I signed up for, every course I enrolled in and out of, the music that made its way to me, the countries that chose me to visit, every job I did or didn’t accept, every bit of feedback from others about how my words shifted their perspective, caused mindset shifts, and transformed their lives, when from my view point, I was “just sharing”. Having the value of my impact reflected back at me was a mirror that I could see the best parts of myself in.

Further, it was in the acknowledging of my many gifts and talents that allowed me to expand beyond the box and allow myself to embody it all. Noticing what felt good to me, and being present the answers to questions like, “What do I like? What excites me? What brings a smile to my face? When do I feel the most satisfied? What energizes me? What is effortless to me that others seek me out for?” These simple questions were the gateway to my heart’s truest desires and I believe that’s where purpose is found.

My purpose came to life in taking time to be with me, by allowing myself time and space to see who I am, with full acceptance, while being present with my own thoughts, feelings, emotions, and dreams. It opened up a deep intimate relationship with myself, allowing me to stand in love with all of me. Now, I’m a luminary living a life I absolutely love and lighting the path for others to do the same. My life goal is to always be found giving and receiving love, and my life mission is to add to the abundant harmony of unconditional love.

In short, my purpose was made clear when I chose to love me, so in essence, it was found in love.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

Long description short I’m a Luminary living a life I absolutely love and lighting the path for others to do the same.

By definition, a luminary is one of prominence, a body that gives light and I have the privilege of sharing my evolution from the abundant space of self love and the fullness of self acceptance, allowing me to hold space for intentional, beautiful souls who’ve decided they’re ready to transform, expand into the highest version of themselves and let their light shine.

I guide groups and individuals on transformation journeys, empowering them to live abundant, healthy, delicious lives they love by equipping them with tools to cultivate sustainable practices and rituals that promote healing and expansion in all life areas via customized experiences based on each client’s unique requirements. Experiences are inclusive of a myriad of methods and modalities like intuitive yoga, guided meditation, breath activation, life coaching, sound and vibrational healing as well as a variety of holistic services. On our journey together, I help people discover their own magic by dropping into their mind, body, and spirit-energy spaces to feel, listen and sense what it’s speaking to them. while empowering them to choose who they desire to be, and how they want to share with the world, while self love and self acceptance rest actively at the core.

All of it’s special to me! lol. When I left the system of education my promise moving forward was to only do what I love and here I am doing exactly that. I’m literally living the dream in a way that is the most natural, meaningful, and authentic to me. Because I created my own title, description, range of services etc., it brings a feeling of success and divine liberation. I get to share from anywhere in the world so there are no limitations, and the quality of life I’ve cultivated for myself is never compromised but always honored and sustained. I get to create my own schedule and move at my own pace. I get to wake up to the powerful choices I’ve made and live a life I absolutely love, in a way that I love, in places I l love, with people I love, and I get paid for it……Life is f’kn beautiful and It just doesn’t get better than that.

And, one of my most faaaaaaaavorite parts is getting to witness, facilitate and be part of client transformations, breakthroughs, healing, upgrades, celebrations, discoveries, and discovery of self. It’s truly a gift to journey with each of my clients, build community, cultivate relationships, garner trust and watch them flourish into the best, most vibrant version of themselves as they shift into who they truly desire to be…it’s absolute magic!

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Wisdom- I would not be where I am now without it. Growing up I learned to observe myself along with the people, places and world around me. These observations always yielded a heap of learnings and one of my biggest takeaways was I didn’t have to repeat mistakes I’d made previously and that I did’t have to make the same mistakes others made. I learned to listen to what the world around me was communicating by being present with it. And while this is not at all to replace lived experience, the application of wisdom has become a sustainable practice that has benefitted me tremendously..

The best way to develop it is to apply what you’re learning without the fear of failure. The key is to learn from what didn’t work so you can move forward and discover what does. Allow yourself time to listen to what the world around you is speaking, it has much to share if you make time to listen.

Love – Love has been the most impactful on my journey because with out love I wouldn’t have discovered my purpose and would have nothing to offer others. My life goal is to be found giving and receiving love and my life mission is to add to the abundant harmony of unconditional love. That said, cultivating a personal relationship with love taught me the importance of loving myself, and loving me is what expanded my capacity to love others.

The best way to best develop a healthy love relationship with you is by spending intentional quality time with your self. Creating space to get to know you, your likes, dislikes, discovering your true interests, being honest with yourself etc and being present with your thoughts, feelings, emotions, taking time to listen and offering the gift of full acceptance to every part of you.

Rest- Learning to rest has had a profound impact on the way I’ve navigated life and has shifted my honoring myself and loving myself enough to rest has definitely shown the poser and impact of prioritizing rest. My encouragement is to allow yourself to rest as it allows your mind, body and spirit energy to restore, and revitalizes all our natural resources. It the ability to formulate clear, fresh new thoughts and make choices from a state that is aligned with who you truly are. It sparks creativity, reduces stress, reduces anxiety, strengthens the body, rejuvenates the heart, supports overall health and wellness, and allows us to flow effortlessly..

The best way to develop a healthy habit of rest is by noticing and acknowledging when your’e feeling burnout, tired and not like yourself. Once you’re aware, its important o respond immediately. Even if that looks like taking a nap, a break from answering emails, simply stepping away for a time, taking a long hot bath, putting your phone on DND, taking time to meditate, getting a massage, or just giving yourself time to breathe. All these little moments, add up to create a huge impact and the best part is, it’s felt immediately. Give yourself permission to rest, theres no need to hustle, overwork, or burn yourself out. Get your rest and once you’re restored, make a commitment to only operate from a healthy, refreshed energized space and you’ll be amazed at how much more you get done by taking regular, intentional time to rest. It’s a game changer. .

Before we go, maybe you can tell us a bit about your parents and what you feel was the most impactful thing they did for you?

My parents loved me with the best of their hearts. My dad told me at an early age after being fi=rightened one night, that i never have to be afraid, that all I have to do is call on Father God and He’ll life me up from danger. I was about 8 years old and his words cast a visual of God’s big strong arm lifting me up and protecting me. It solidified that God was real and that I was always projected. This has given me a huge capacity of faith and a healthy dose of fearlessness in which I have experienced miracles taping into faith and fearlessness that knowing God’s got me gave me the courage to take major leaps that may have been a deterrent be because of this jewel my dad shred with me, it was more like fuel.

And my mom…whew my mom… so gave beyond anything words could say. Beyond her love her intelligence and genius was truly out of this world and she always had an elevated vision. I learned so much from her as a woman, an entrepreneur, and her high levels of intellect naturally nurtured me while challenging me to rise higher. She always expanded me to more of what the world had to offer, exposing me to all parts of the world via books, food, music, culture, travel, etc. She always believed in me, showed up ot support me, and always reminded me that I am a masterpiece and capable of everything. She was my light, the first luminary I’ve ever known.

Both of my parents instilled values in me that while learning I had no idea would be the foundation I built my life on. I’m beyond appreciative for all they’ve poured into me, am ever grateful to them both and proud of the woman I’ve become as a result of them being my parents. What a gift. Im so blessed.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://iamwinter.org
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Image Credits

Image 1 Personal Photo: Photographer Chino Angels

Images 2-7: Photographer Josef Pierre

Image 1 & 8: Photographer Isiah Bouie with Six21pix